amas stellaire
\a.ma stɛ.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“amas stellaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Groupe de centaines à des millions étoiles maintenues ensemble par l’autogravitation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amas-stellaire · amas stellaire · French
amas stellaire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amas stellaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ma stɛ.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
amas stellaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ma stɛ.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Groupe de centaines à des millions étoiles maintenues ensemble par l’autogravitation.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for amas stellaire, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is amas stellaire, spelled A-M-A-S- -S-T-E-L-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Groupe de centaines à des millions étoiles maintenues ensemble par l’autogravitation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amas stellaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cook et King n’avaient aucune raison d’avoir remarqué que, quelques semaines avant leur première arrivée dans la baie de Kealakekua, le groupe d’étoiles brillantes de Makali‘i, l’amas stellaire des Pléiades, s’était levé exactement à l’opposé du soleil couchant.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.